Associations between hydrological connectivity and resource partitioning among sympatric gar species (Lepisosteidae) in a Texas river and associated oxbows

Ecology of Freshwater Fish

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 119-129

  Robertson, C R ^a   Zeug, S C ^a   Winemiller, K O ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diet; Flood pulse; Habitat partitioning

Indexed keywords

ALLIGATOR; LEPISOSTEIDAE; LEPISOSTEUS OCULATUS; LEPISOSTEUS OSSEUS; LEPISOSTEUS SPATULA;

EID: 38549134334     PISSN: 09066691     EISSN: 16000633     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0633.2007.00265.x     Document Type: Article

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